Our database is free to use for all history and archaeology enthusiasts. If you use our database, please do not forget to cite correctly:
Mägi, Marika; Palm, Piia Sandra; Niinesalu-Moon, Maris; Rannaäär, Karin; Leiman, Lisanna Lee. Archaeological Artefacts of Saaremaa. Foundation Osiliana / Tallinn University. Accessed: date.
The Osiliana Archaeological Database presents artefacts from Saaremaa and the surrounding small islands.
The database contains mainly Iron Age and Medieval finds that can be classified.
Undated metal or other pieces were generally excluded from the database.
Ceramics are represented by isolated examples.
The database is a work in progress and is constantly being updated.
Knife fragments, 2, iron.
Knife fragment, iron.
Comb fragment? Bone.
Scythe, iron. In Saaremaa, scythes have been found in several stone graves with cremations (e.g. Mägi 2002, Pl. 11: 9, 39: 6, 46: 6). It is not impossible that some of the scythes from the cemeteries actually date from the historical period.
Mägi, M. 2002. At the Crossroads of Space and Time. Graves, Changing Society and Ideology on Saaremaa (Ösel), 9th–13th centuries AD. (CCC Papers, 6.) Estonian Academy of Sciences, Institute of History, Tallinn / Gotland University College, Centre for Baltic Studies, Gotland.
Iron artefact, awl? Iron.
Iron artefact, awl? Iron.
Pin, copper alloy. These small pins were probably used to attach chains that decorated headdresses (Mägi, 2002, 103). They have been found in stone graves with cremations as well as in 13th‑century inhumations.
Mägi, M. 2002. At the Crossroads of Space and Time. Graves, Changing Society and Ideology on Saaremaa (Ösel), 9th–13th centuries AD. (CCC Papers, 6.) Estonian Academy of Sciences, Institute of History, Tallinn / Gotland University College, Centre for Baltic Studies, Gotland.
Pin shaft or brooch needle? Copper alloy.
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